Today's OneWord: Manifest

The fireworks, for a moment, seemed to manifest themselves as colorful, ashy flesh - the lights disintegrating just a little in order to reveal the bones of the night sky. I could pick out the stars like teeth. They were sharp, burning hot canines, never incisors or molars. They were meant to tear meat. They were intended to shred the moon when they got too close.

My companion stood alongside me for a while longer, eyes focused on the adjacent carnival.

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